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Sameera Verma had a dreamy life, which any girl would want. Enjoying without any limitations was her lifetime motto. Love, friends, dreams, money. All she had to do was ask and God gave her. But that is against the...
"Why now?", I asked as the girls took me to my room. Apparently, I am not good enough at dressing myself. So they are going to do that job.
"We are celebrating your homecoming.", Veronica said clapping her hands in excitement. I groaned.
They invaded my old closet and came out with dresses which I stopped wearing long back. Now, all my cupboards have are business attires.
"No no no. They are too exposing for my taste.", I frowned.
"Oh darling, but you have no choice here. BTW, these used to be your first choices back then. Remember, Dhruv had to stick to you all night, saving......", Amaya stopped mid - sentence.
"Stop there, freeze your stupid brains there itself. We are not becoming sappy now. Not today.", Veronica said rolling her eyes.
She started going through the dresses Amaya was holding, commenting on them to divert us. She discarded some 'simple' , 'conservative' , 'old fashioned' ones.
"Ah this suits you perfectly ", she said removing a black and peach dress with two black straps on each shoulder giving a cold-shouldered look.
"You are wearing this", she said sternly sensing my protest.
Amaya gave me my dress and pushed me into the dressing room. I changed.
The dress hugged my body perfectly, coming till my knees and complimenting my skin. It revealed a lot of cleavage. It's not like I didn't wear them before. I am a person who is comfortable in her skin in any kind of attire. Before, I used to get dressed up for Dhruv. His compliments were my happiness. But now I have no one to get dressed up for. I took a deep breath and went out.
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"Ooooo you look like a bomb baby", Amaya whistled.
"This feels a little over the board to me.", I said looking down at myself.
"Shut up. You look perfect. You will be fine. Let's go", Veronica dragged me out of my room. Downstairs the boys were waiting impatiently.
"About time", Sebastian sighed as we came down. "I thought you girls were never going to show up. Ah look what we have here.", he said as he looked at me up and down.
"You shameless pervert. Concentrate on your girlfriend." I said smacking his head. Veronica laughed.
"Oww, come on I was just admiring a beauty. A beauty not admired is a sin. ", he smirked, making me roll my eyes.
"Fine, let's go now. It's getting late.", Amaya rushed us out.
We drove to a nearby club. It was a typical NYC club, bubbling with activity even on a weekday. Students after classes, people after office come here, hoping to let go of themselves after a stressful day. The crowd already looked drunk at 9 pm. The music was blaring and sweaty bodies were everywhere.
We entered inside after letting the staff take our jackets. Veronica and Seb headed off to the dance floor asking for us to get some drinks for them. Rishi, Amaya and I headed to the bar and settled ourselves on the high stools.
"What are you drinking?", Rishi asked me.
"Nah. I will pass. I need to go to the office tomorrow. Just a fresh lime soda."
"One drink will not do any harm. Come on let yourself loose.", Amaya said, already dancing. "Five Gin and tonic please.", I looked on.
In no time, I downed 3-4 of them and now felt a little tipsy.
"Let's go, hit the dance floor.", Amaya pulled me along.
I let myself free and started making some wild moves. Ah this is fun, I missed it. I looked around and felt a lump in my throat. The couples were in their own world, getting cosy with their partners. It feels like I am fifth wheeling. Though I am happy for them, it reminded me of Dhruv more than ever. I went back to the bar and sat down. I can't bear this anymore. I ordered a few shots deciding that I need to get drunk to get rid of this feeling. I know that I am going to regret it tomorrow morning. But for now, this is the only way out.
I downed a few shots and immediately my vision started getting blurry. I felt a presence beside. But I ignored that person until it became impossible.
"Maybe you can keep your eyes away from me.", I slurred a little.
"I have been trying to do that since the minute you entered this place. But, fortunately, they don't listen to me anymore.", he smirked. "You look beautiful and hot."
I grimaced.
"I just gave you a compliment. This is not how you should be reacting baby.", he said taking a step forward.
"Listen whoever you are..."
"Oh I am Brian Parker", he smirked.
"Who cares. Just stay away from me. Otherwise I will have to use my skills to make you stay away. And how is that a compliment to me. It is a compliment to the God who created me. I had nothing to do with it. So if you want to give me a compliment, try talking about my nature or how good I am, which you don't really know because you thought it is fine to hit on a girl, who you don't know anything about. But I am not fine with it. So just fuck off. ", I said in a single breath.
He left giving me a weird look.
"Woah, you scared him away pretty well.", a voice said.
Ugh. Can't people leave me alone.
"I can do that, pretty well, to you too", I said without turning around.
"I would like to see you try.", he said probably coming near me.
Wow so much arrogance. I turned around to look at him. Of course, I should have guessed. I thought as I looked into a familiar pair of sharp, brown eyes, full of arrogance. Arjun Parihar. He looked both awe-struckingly handsome and awe-struck. He was in a button down shirt and loose, hanging pants.
"What are you doing here?", I frowned.
"Last time I checked, there was no board outside the bar, banning me.", he smirked giving me a once over.
I rolled my eyes at him. I thought it was better to avoid him and ordered a few more drinks.
"You do remember that we have a meeting tomorrow morning right?", he asked.
"Yes, but it is tomorrow morning. Now you can get lost. Meet me tomorrow morning.", I said slurring my words. Maybe I need to stop drinking.
"You may not want to talk like that to your future boss.", he said, his voice hardening.
"Oooh, I am scared", I said with mock fear. "I hope you call off the deal then, future boss", I stressed on the last two words and walked towards him.
"Oh that is definitely not going to happen Ms. Verma. Stop thinking otherwise. ", he said coming to me.
By now, we were standing face to face, having a staredown. Suddenly, his expression softened, as if he realised something. He started leaning in. I just stood still not knowing what to do. His soft breath is falling on my face and intoxicating me. If he moves even an inch, our lips will be touching.
